Pilots from both Alaska and Virgin — along with flight attendants — were picketing to show management that they were united in their demands for new contracts.

Alaska Airline pilots are members of the union Air Line Pilots Association is the union.

“We’ve been negotiating for almost a year and a half and management has insisted that we should be willing to work at a discount from our peers across the industry,” union spokesman and pilot Capt. David Campbell said.

The picketing was less of a protest and more of a show of unity, Campbell said, adding that the list of demands the pilots have isn’t exhaustive.

“We have limited these contract negotiations to only three items,” Campbell said. “Those are pay, retirement in the form of 401(k) contributions and job security in the form of scope.”

Alaska Airlines pilots make about 20 percent to 23 percent less than their peers in other organizations, Campbell said. The company reported profits last year of more than $900 million, but also paid employees $100 million in bonuses in February.

Alaska Airlines spokespeople wouldn’t comment beyond what was sent out in a news release on Friday.

The statement said that the company hopes “for a resolution through arbitration that will result in our pilots receiving a significant wage rate increase while maintaining Alaska Airlines ability to successfully grow and compete.”

Campbell said the union has met with arbitrators in order to hash out their proposal for Alaska Airlines management.

He wouldn’t say what kind of pay raise for which the pilots are asking.

“We believe that our position is reasonable,” Campbell said. “It’s certainly affordable. It’s what every other carrier offers to their pilots, and so in that sense, we’re hopeful that our argument will win the day.”

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